that works for working families, middle class americans and seniors, i yield now to representative bobby scott from virginia. mr. scott: thank you. mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman from new york and the gentleman from nevada and the chair from ohio for their strong work and particularly for talking about some of the things that the congressional black caucus has accomplished over the last year. i wanted to take an opportunity to highlight the c.b.c.'s work on advocating a responsible budget, offering responsible solutions to address the budget deficit, cancel the sequester and grow the economy. last march we offered our budget for fiscal year 2014 as an alternative to the budget that was adopted by the house. the c.b.c. budget makes tough choices. but not at the expense of our most vulnerable communities. the c.b.c. budget offers a concrete plan that both cancels the economically disastrous sequester and then pays for that cancellation. our budget is able to do so while also protecting social security, medicare, medicaid, snap nutrition benefits and other vital safety net progr